Could Trump's slush fund be in trouble? A Miami federal judge could decide

News from Florida for Floridians and all Americans

May 28, 2026

By J.C. Bruce

A federal judge in Miami could throw a monkey wrench into Donald Trump’s corrupt plans to raid the Treasury for nearly $2 billion and grant himself immunity from tax audits.

If you’re Trump, it was a sweet deal and it even came with a formal apology from his own government.

Sweet for Trump. A bitter pill for taxpayers. Or justice.

And now dozens of former federal judges, looking at the so-called settlement Trump got for, essentially, suing himself, are crying foul and have filed a motion to have the case reopened.

Why?

Because when Miami District Judge Kathleen Williams dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS, “the court was deceived.”

Trump’s “settlement”—a deal he concocted with his former lawyer and appointed attorney general, Todd Blanche—“is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court,” the former judges wrote in their motion.

They ask Judge Williams to “set aside its order ending the case,” which would allow the court “to commence an inquiry into whether the Court was deceived…”

As we all know, Trump had sued his own IRS for the preposterous amount of $10 billion because during his first term as president—and while he actually presided over the IRS — a contractor for the agency leaked his—and others’—tax returns.

When that lawsuit landed in Judge Williams’ courtroom, she had questions, not the least of which was how is it that the president—as he himself acknowledged—could, in effect, sue himself?

Under the law, before you can have a valid suit, there have to be parties in disagreement. Where was the dispute if Trump was both the plaintiff and the defendant, she asked.

She set a deadline for both Trump and Blanche to answer that question, but hours before their reply was due, they asked the court to dismiss the case.

Williams did, although she noted that no “settlement” details had been provided.

Well, shortly thereafter, Trump announced his way-too-cute $1.776 billion slush fund that would enrich his loyalists at taxpayers’ expense, a deal that included immunity for him and his family and businesses.

Will Williams reopen the case?

The former federal judges—both Republicans and Democrats—say she can and she should.

Stay tuned.

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